Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Logo: Lufke, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons5,807 people started an undergraduate programme at Universidad de Santiago de Chile in 2026, the 8th largest intake of Chile's 50 universities, and 25,427 were enrolled there in all. Twenty years of it, 2007–2026, followed by the masked student id from school to title.
University · Enrolling in 2026 · main campus region: Metropolitana
At a glance
2026- Enrolled 2026
- 23,084
- First year 2026
- 5,807
- Titles 2025
- 3,414
Largest fields: engineering and industry, business and law, natural sciences.
- Enrolled 2026
- 1,301
- of them in a doctorate
- 362 · 28%
- First year 2026
- 413
- Titles 2025
- 505
5.6 postgraduate students per 100 undergraduates (universities: 7.3).
- Projects 2015–2024
- 823
- Among universities
- 4 of 49
- Fondecyt
- 559
Most specialised in: theoretical and experimental physics, history, chemistry.
Entrants, enrolment and titles
2007–2026Three counts of the same institution. Undergraduate enrolment is everyone enrolled that year, in any year of their programme; first-year entrants are the people who started; titles are the undergraduate titles and degrees it awarded.
What you can study here
2026 · mifuturo.clEvery generic programme with a page of its own that took first-year entrants here in 2026, with its campuses and list fee from Mineduc's register, and what SIES publishes on mifuturo.cl for this institution and programme: employment the year after the title, the band of the monthly income in the fourth year, and first-year retention. Each programme's name opens what this institution's own students say about it — who stays, who graduates, how long it takes — next to the programme across the country.
The first-year dropout column is PuroChile's own count on Mineduc's register: of everyone who started the programme here in 2023–2025, the share enrolled at no institution at all the following year — the three cohorts added up, never an average of three rates — beside the same programme across Chile. Changing programme or institution is not dropping out, and some who drop out come back later. “—” is a programme with fewer than 30 entrants here in those years. Across all its undergraduate programmes, 10.2% of the 15,562 people who started here in 2023–2025 were enrolled nowhere the following year; across every university programme, 8.1%.
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 428 | 1 | $6.8 M | 9.2% | 7.3% | 88.2% | $1.9–2.0 M | 87.5% |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 329 | 1 | $7.1 M | 11.5% | 5.0% | 93.2% | $2.4–2.5 M | 85.4% |
| Contador Auditor | 321 | 1 | $5.7 M | 4.9% | 14.2% | 93.6% | $1.7–1.8 M | 89.7% |
| Otros Profesionales de Tecnología | 271 | 1 | $4.3 M | 13.8% | 13.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Derecho | 208 | 1 | $6.5 M | 6.3% | 7.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas | 193 | 1 | $6.1 M | 8.5% | 9.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otras Ingenierías Civiles | 166 | 1 | $7.0 M | 11.9% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles | 160 | 1 | $6.8 M | 10.4% | 12.6% | 85.9% | $2.0–2.1 M | 78.0% |
| Administración Pública | 149 | 1 | $5.6 M | 9.3% | 13.5% | 85.0% | $1.6–1.7 M | 83.3% |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | 135 | 1 | $6.8 M | 12.3% | 9.5% | 93.2% | $2.5–3.0 M | 79.5% |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | 125 | 1 | $6.8 M | 13.0% | 6.5% | 96.3% | $2.5–3.0 M | 73.8% |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 112 | 1 | $5.8 M | 17.4% | 22.0% | 86.5% | $1.8–1.9 M | 66.7% |
| Ingeniería en Electricidad | 112 | 1 | $5.8 M | 21.0% | 16.9% | 92.3% | $2.1–2.2 M | 59.4% |
| Arquitectura | 100 | 1 | $6.0 M | 3.5% | 6.7% | 69.4% | $1.2–1.3 M | 90.1% |
| Psicología | 100 | 1 | $5.5 M | 4.5% | 6.8% | 76.7% | $1.3–1.4 M | 89.0% |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 99 | 1 | $6.8 M | 10.9% | 7.5% | 89.8% | $2.0–2.1 M | 73.9% |
| Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística | 99 | 1 | $6.0 M | 9.8% | 15.1% | 89.3% | $2.5–3.0 M | 80.8% |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 99 | 1 | $5.7 M | 8.8% | 12.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 95 | 1 | $6.8 M | 7.6% | 6.1% | 98.5% | $3.0–3.5 M | 88.5% |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 94 | 1 | $6.8 M | 16.1% | 7.6% | 91.9% | over $3.5 M | 67.1% |
| Química y Farmacia | 93 | 1 | $5.9 M | 3.2% | 3.6% | 99.3% | n/a | 92.0% |
| Periodismo | 88 | 1 | $4.9 M | 7.7% | 5.1% | 72.5% | $1.2–1.3 M | 83.9% |
| Ingeniería Mecánica | 85 | 1 | $5.8 M | 23.3% | 16.9% | 82.6% | $1.8–1.9 M | 52.3% |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 84 | 1 | $5.5 M | 14.7% | 14.8% | 93.6% | $2.5–3.0 M | 86.9% |
| Otros Profesionales de Ciencias Sociales | 84 | 1 | $5.0 M | 5.3% | 4.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería Civil en Biomédica | 83 | 1 | $7.1 M | 12.4% | 7.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Tecnología | 76 | 1 | $3.4 M | 11.2% | 12.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Minas | 73 | 1 | $5.9 M | 15.7% | 20.4% | 73.8% | $2.3–2.4 M | 43.9% |
| Licenciatura en Letras y Literatura | 73 | 1 | $5.6 M | 6.8% | 7.9% | 54.2% | $1.0–1.1 M | 90.2% |
| Ingeniería Civil Metalúrgica | 71 | 1 | $6.8 M | 15.2% | 11.0% | 81.0% | $3.0–3.5 M | 60.9% |
| Pedagogía en Lenguaje, Comunicación y/o Castellano | 69 | 1 | $4.5 M | 5.3% | 6.7% | 87.0% | $1.3–1.4 M | 85.1% |
| Magister en Administración y Comercio | 66 | 1 | $6.0 M | 21.2% | 15.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Otras Ingenierías | 65 | 1 | $6.3 M | 10.9% | 12.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Sociales | 64 | 1 | $3.7 M | 12.4% | 15.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Alimentos | 63 | 1 | $6.1 M | 13.7% | 11.3% | 86.0% | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Historia, Geografía y Ciencias Sociales | 61 | 1 | $4.6 M | 4.9% | 8.8% | 86.3% | $1.2–1.3 M | 89.6% |
| Ingeniería Civil Ambiental | 59 | 1 | $7.1 M | 15.8% | 11.7% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Física | 59 | 1 | $5.0 M | 9.6% | 6.9% | 59.4% | n/a | 82.9% |
| Pedagogía en Idiomas | 59 | 1 | $4.5 M | 4.4% | 6.9% | 83.5% | $1.0–1.1 M | 93.3% |
| Bioquímica | 57 | 1 | $6.0 M | 2.6% | 5.6% | 77.1% | $1.4–1.5 M | 84.3% |
| Kinesiología | 57 | 1 | $5.9 M | 3.8% | 7.0% | 64.7% | n/a | 87.8% |
| Pedagogía en Ciencias | 57 | 1 | $4.5 M | 9.7% | 7.0% | 95.8% | $1.2–1.3 M | 75.6% |
| Publicidad | 57 | 1 | $5.7 M | 1.4% | 9.8% | 70.4% | $1.2–1.3 M | 94.6% |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 57 | 1 | $5.9 M | 4.8% | 6.6% | 55.4% | n/a | 88.9% |
| Diseño Industrial | 56 | 1 | $5.0 M | 10.3% | 11.5% | 64.8% | n/a | 86.4% |
| Pedagogía en Educación Básica | 56 | 1 | $4.5 M | 3.5% | 5.6% | 91.7% | $1.1–1.2 M | 88.1% |
| Ingeniería en Química | 54 | 1 | $5.8 M | 23.5% | 18.1% | 80.4% | $1.5–1.6 M | n/a |
| Diseño Gráfico | 53 | 1 | $6.6 M | 2.8% | 14.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Medicina | 50 | 1 | $8.3 M | 1.5% | 1.3% | 91.2% | $3.0–3.5 M | 94.0% |
| Ingeniería en Metalurgia | 45 | 1 | $5.8 M | 18.3% | 17.8% | 72.2% | $1.8–1.9 M | 41.4% |
| Pedagogía en Matemáticas y Computación | 42 | 1 | $4.5 M | 7.1% | 7.3% | 94.9% | $1.3–1.4 M | 66.7% |
| Enfermería | 40 | 1 | $5.9 M | 1.9% | 5.3% | 93.1% | $2.1–2.2 M | 77.8% |
| Doctorado en Ciencias Básicas | 37 | 1 | $4.2 M | 8.6% | 11.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Doctorado en Tecnología | 37 | 1 | $4.7 M | 4.3% | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Física y Astronomía | 37 | 1 | $6.3 M | 4.0% | 10.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Construcción Civil | 35 | 1 | $5.4 M | 33.0% | 21.6% | 88.0% | $1.8–1.9 M | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Educación Técnico Profesional | 35 | 1 | $3.0 M | 11.6% | 8.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Historia | 31 | 1 | $4.3 M | 12.9% | 8.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Educación | 31 | 1 | $3.0 M | 18.9% | 11.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 31 | 1 | $5.9 M | 3.8% | 3.5% | 86.5% | $1.7–1.8 M | 89.8% |
| Química, Licenciado en Química | 30 | 1 | $5.7 M | 4.8% | 5.8% | 60.6% | n/a | 77.4% |
| Administración de Empresas e Ing. Asociadas | 29 | 1 | $6.0 M | 13.5% | 20.4% | 65.7% | $1.3–1.4 M | n/a |
| Magister en Arte y Arquitectura | 22 | 1 | $2.5 M | 21.8% | 11.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Humanidades | 22 | 1 | $2.0 M | 15.6% | 14.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Técnico en Química (Análisis e Industrial) | 22 | 1 | $3.7 M | 15.4% | 17.3% | 86.5% | $1.1–1.2 M | n/a |
| Pedagogía en Filosofía y Religión | 21 | 1 | $4.5 M | 3.4% | 13.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Salud | 19 | 1 | $3.4 M | 13.4% | 9.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Magister en Ciencias Básicas | 10 | 1 | $1.9 M | 10.6% | 13.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Geomensura y Cartografía | 5 | 1 | $6.0 M | — | 21.6% | 96.2% | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Medio Ambiente | 4 | 1 | $5.8 M | — | 10.2% | 82.3% | $1.5–1.6 M | n/a |
| Técnico en Construcción y Obras Civiles | 3 | 1 | $3.7 M | — | 31.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
2 more with SIES figures and no entrants in 2026
| Programme | Entrants 2026 | Campuses | Yearly fee | Dropout, year 1 · 2023–2025 | Same programme, Chile | Employed, year 1 | Income, year 4 | Retention, year 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | — | — | — | — | 7.1% | 69.0% | n/a | n/a |
| Ingeniería en Recursos Humanos | — | — | — | 16.7% | 17.2% | 68.3% | $1.2–1.3 M | 66.7% |
Employment and income are SIES's own figures for this institution, published only where at least eleven graduates could be matched to a tax return; “n/a” is a figure SIES did not publish. Incomes are gross, in pesos of September 2025.
What it teaches
2026Everyone enrolled in an undergraduate programme here in 2026, 23,084 enrolments, by CINE-F field and SIES generic programme. Each tile is a programme and its area is its share; click a field's band to open it, or a tile to see that programme across the country.
Mean annual list fee of its undergraduate enrolment: $6,054,000 (universities: $5,901,000). It is the published price of each programme averaged over the students enrolled in it, not what each one pays: free tuition (gratuidad), scholarships and loans are not subtracted.
By SIES's generic programme, largest intake first. Only programmes that reached 10 entrants here in some year are listed; the rest are added together at the end. The change compares the first three years with the last three and is only given where both average at least 20 entrants.
| Generic programme (SIES) | First year 2026 | Enrolled 2026 | Mean list fee | 2007–2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 428 | 1,837 | $6,782,000 | +134% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 329 | 1,220 | $7,151,000 | +61% | |
| Contador Auditor | 321 | 1,326 | $5,668,000 | +101% | |
| Otros Profesionales de Tecnología | 271 | 908 | $4,263,000 | −30% | |
| Derecho | 208 | 1,091 | $6,535,000 | — | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Ciencias Básicas | 193 | 345 | $6,059,000 | +8% | |
| Otras Ingenierías Civiles | 166 | 414 | $7,075,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles | 160 | 548 | $6,782,000 | +52% | |
| Administración Pública | 149 | 589 | $5,632,000 | +32% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | 135 | 491 | $6,782,000 | −1% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | 125 | 600 | $6,782,000 | +3% | |
| Ingeniería en Electricidad | 112 | 502 | $5,760,000 | −14% | |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 112 | 433 | $5,760,000 | −26% | |
| Psicología | 100 | 522 | $5,543,000 | +20% | |
| Arquitectura | 100 | 541 | $5,958,000 | +52% | |
| Ingeniería Civil Química | 99 | 326 | $6,782,000 | +28% | |
| Ingeniería en Matemática y Estadística | 99 | 396 | $6,036,000 | +13% | |
| Otros Profesionales de Educación | 99 | 340 | $5,742,000 | +60% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Computación e Informática | 95 | 504 | $6,782,000 | −11% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 94 | 443 | $6,782,000 | +9% | |
| Química y Farmacia | 93 | 476 | $5,902,000 | — | |
| Periodismo | 88 | 356 | $4,948,000 | +24% | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Biotecnología y/o Bioingeniería | 87 | 277 | $7,121,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Mecánica | 85 | 283 | $5,760,000 | −25% | |
| Ingeniería en Computación e Informática | 84 | 393 | $5,472,000 | −7% |
40 more, and every other programme
9 programmes it no longer opens
| Técnico en Prevención y Rehabilitación | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Ingeniería en Recursos Humanos | 0 | 37 | $3,832,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería en Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | 0 | 14 | $6,348,000 | — | |
| Ingeniería Civil en Geografía | 0 | 23 | $6,782,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Instrumentación, Automatización y Control Industrial | 0 | 20 | $4,183,000 | — | |
| Programas de Formación Pedagógica | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Bachillerato y/o Licenciatura en Administración y Comercio | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Técnico en Dibujo Técnico | 0 | 20 | $4,230,000 | — | |
| Técnico en Minería | 0 | — | — | — |
Who studies here
undergraduate · 2026Its undergraduate enrolment of 2026, each split drawn over the same split for all universities. Every bar is a share of its own total, so the two can be compared whatever their size. How the first year came in is the institution's own declaration to SIES.
Where its entrants come from
2024–2026The comuna of their school, not of their home. First-year entrants of 2024–2026, followed by their masked id to the last time they finished secondary school before starting. Mineduc publishes no home address, and the school is where four years of their education happened. 15,555 of 16,060 (96.9%) have such a record since 2006; the rest — who left school earlier, studied abroad or validated their studies — are not placed.
83.8% finished school in Metropolitana, the region of its main campus.
| Santiago | 1,911 | 12.3% |
| Maipú | 1,350 | 8.7% |
| Puente Alto | 945 | 6.1% |
| La Florida | 641 | 4.1% |
| San Bernardo | 598 | 3.8% |
| Providencia | 572 | 3.7% |
| Ñuñoa | 498 | 3.2% |
| Quilicura | 404 | 2.6% |
| Talagante | 382 | 2.5% |
| La Cisterna | 356 | 2.3% |
| Quinta Normal | 343 | 2.2% |
| Recoleta | 333 | 2.1% |
167 more comunas
San Miguel 303 · Rancagua 279 · Estación Central 271 · El Bosque 267 · Melipilla 260 · Colina 235 · Peñalolén 216 · Pudahuel 210 · Renca 199 · Peñaflor 195 · Independencia 181 · Buin 173 · La Pintana 161 · Paine 156 · Padre Hurtado 135 · Las Condes 134 · Cerrillos 122 · La Reina 122 · Macul 120 · La Granja 118 · Calama 106 · San Ramón 105 · Lampa 102 · San Joaquín 92 · Iquique 88 · La Serena 85 · Curacaví 85 · Pedro Aguirre Cerda 82 · Los Andes 80 · Conchalí 70 · San Fernando 67 · Lo Prado 66 · San Vicente 65 · Huechuraba 65 · Antofagasta 63 · Curicó 62 · San Antonio 61 · Cerro Navia 61 · Isla de Maipo 55 · Arica 55 · Lo Espejo 52 · Santa Cruz 51 · San Felipe 49 · Puerto Montt 45 · Machalí 44 · Copiapó 41 · Rengo 40 · Lo Barnechea 40 · Linares 39 · Coquimbo 38 · Vitacura 38 · Chillán 36 · Graneros 35 · Pirque 35 · Tiltil 34 · Talca 33 · Calera de Tango 32 · Vallenar 31 · María Pinto 29 · Valparaíso 28 · El Monte 26 · Osorno 25 · Punta Arenas 25 · Cartagena 24 · Temuco 24 · San José de Maipo 24 · Coyhaique 23 · Alto Hospicio 22 · Ovalle 22 · Las Cabras 22 · Quillota 21 · Chimbarongo 21 · Los Ángeles 20 · Castro 20 · Alhué 20 · Viña del Mar 18 · El Quisco 17 · Concepción 16 · Algarrobo 15 · Pichilemu 15 · Parral 14 · Valdivia 14 · Los Vilos 13 · La Ligua 13 · Doñihue 13 · San Nicolás 13 · Llaillay 12 · Quilpué 12 · Mostazal 12 · Villarrica 12 · Illapel 11 · Teno 11 · Puerto Varas 11 · Villa Alemana 10 · Angol 10 · Panguipulli 10 · San Carlos 10 · San Pedro de Atacama 9 · Salamanca 9 · Nancagua 9 · Calera 8 · Constitución 8 · San Pedro de la Paz 8 · Diego de Almagro 7 · El Tabo 7 · Peumo 7 · Quinta de Tilcoco 7 · Navidad 7 · Cauquenes 7 · Molina 7 · Pucón 7 · Quellón 7 · Taltal 6 · Calle Larga 6 · Santo Domingo 6 · Olivar 6 · Talcahuano 6 · Aysén 6 · Natales 6 · San Pedro 6 · Bulnes 6 · Pica 5 · Tocopilla 5 · Caldera 5 · Combarbalá 5 · San Esteban 5 · Putaendo 5 · Requínoa 5 · Longaví 5 · Coronel 5 · Cañete 5 · Loncoche 5 · Frutillar 5 · Ancud 5 · Canela 4 · Monte Patria 4 · Casablanca 4 · Concón 4 · Isla de Pascua 4 · Rinconada 4 · Cabildo 4 · Hualañé 4 · Cabrero 4 · Nacimiento 4 · Collipulli 4 · Porvenir 4 · La Unión 4 · Río Bueno 4 · Yungay 4 · Pozo Almonte 3 · Vicuña 3 · La Cruz 3 · Coltauco 3 · Pichidegua 3 · Litueche 3 · Chépica 3 · Lolol 3 · Pelluhue 3 · Lota 3 · Hualpén 3 · Los Álamos 3 · Tucapel 3 · Carahue 3 · Llanquihue 3 · Cisnes 3 · Futrono 3 · El Carmen 3
80 more comunas sent fewer than 3 each, together 109 entrants; they are not named.
How they chose it
DEMRE · 2021–2026Centralised admission only. DEMRE's register of the universities in the national admission system: every preference of every regular applicant, and who enrolled through it. Direct admission — the way most people enter an institute or a CFT, and some university programmes — is not in it. In 2026, 8,001 applicants put a programme of Universidad de Santiago de Chile as their first choice and 42,787 included one somewhere on their list.
The order of the programme they enrolled in, on the list they applied with. 1 enrolled in a programme that was not on their list.
PAES scale, which starts in 2023; the years before are another test on another scale and are not drawn. Each bar is a share of its own entrants.
Who is still here a year later
cohorts 2007–2025Each year's first-year entrants, followed into the next year's register: still enrolled here (in any programme), enrolled at another institution, or not enrolled anywhere. It is SIES's first-year retention, counted on the published register; a cohort under 30 people has no rate.
Who graduates, and when
titles 2007–2025Each cohort of first-year entrants followed into the register of titles: the share with an undergraduate title from this institution, by years since they started. A recent cohort has a short line, not a low one — the register only goes to 2025. A title is any undergraduate title or degree, including the intermediate ones some programmes award on the way; the register does not tell them apart.
Horizontal axis: years since entry (0 is the year they started).
5,607 people started here in 2015. "Titled elsewhere" is a title from any other institution and no title from this one: someone who changed institution and finished there.
How long it really takes
titles 2023–2025Undergraduate titles of 2023–2025 in regular plans: the time from the start of the semester they entered (March or August) to the date of the title, in semesters, against the formal length the institution declares. Special and continuation plans are left out, because they take in people with earlier studies whose clock did not start at entry. 8,553 of 10,463 titles have the dates to be measured.
| Generic programme (SIES) | Titles | Formal, years | Real, years | On time | Real in Chile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingeniería Comercial | 793 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7% | 6.1 |
| Contador Auditor | 587 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 2% | 5.3 |
| Administración Pública | 458 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 24% | 5.1 |
| Otros Profesionales de Tecnología | 332 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 2% | 5.2 |
| Ingeniería Civil Industrial | 271 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 4% | 6.9 |
| Psicología | 268 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 4% | 5.7 |
| Medicina | 251 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 67% | 7.5 |
| Arquitectura | 222 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 20% | 7.4 |
| Ingeniería Civil en Obras Civiles | 209 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 9% | 7.4 |
| Obstetricia y Puericultura | 204 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1% | 6.1 |
| Ingeniería Industrial | 195 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4% | 5.0 |
| Enfermería | 193 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 49% | 6.0 |
| Ingeniería Civil en Minas | 193 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 4% | 7.9 |
| Ingeniería Civil Eléctrica | 192 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 3% | 7.6 |
| Publicidad | 192 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 1% | 4.8 |
| Ingeniería en Electricidad | 191 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 3% | 5.7 |
| Química y Farmacia | 179 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 5% | 7.1 |
| Pedagogía en Ciencias | 178 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 1% | 6.1 |
| Ingeniería Civil Mecánica | 169 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 4% | 7.9 |
| Terapia Ocupacional | 148 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 74% | 5.7 |
Programmes with at least ten titles in the three years. Years are means over every title, formal and real alike; "on time" is the share titled within the formal length. The last column is the same generic programme at every institution in Chile.
Where its campuses are
1 commune · 2026Where it teaches, not where its students are from. First-year entrants of 2026 by the commune of the campus they enrolled at.
| Estación Central | 5,807 |
Postgraduate
2007–2026First year of a master's or a doctorate, and everyone enrolled in one. At this level the register classifies into broad fields, not programmes.
Where its postgraduate students did their undergraduate degree
Postgraduate entrants of 2024–2026, followed back to their most recent undergraduate title. 1,031 of 1,291 (79.9%) have one in the register, which starts in 2007; the rest graduated earlier or abroad, which is not the same as having no degree. Of those found, 33.5% graduated here (universities: 29.0% stay at their own).
Left, where each entrant took their last undergraduate title; right, the postgraduate field they started here. Ribbon width is people. Only the eight largest institutions are named; the rest, and any contributing fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».
| Undergraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile (itself) | 345 | 26.7% |
| Universidad de Chile | 108 | 8.4% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 50 | 3.9% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 35 | 2.7% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 30 | 2.3% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 30 | 2.3% |
| Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana | 28 | 2.2% |
| Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano | 25 | 1.9% |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 24 | 1.9% |
| Universidad de Valparaiso | 24 | 1.9% |
| Universidad Catolica Cardenal Raul Silva Henriquez | 19 | 1.5% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 19 | 1.5% |
| Other institutions | 294 | 22.8% |
| No undergraduate title in the register (before 2007 or abroad) | 260 | 20.1% |
Where its graduates go on to a postgraduate degree
People with an undergraduate title from here in 2010–2021, followed forward to the first master's or doctorate they started, anywhere, up to 2026. 3,411 of 31,166 (10.9%) started one (universities: 9.9%); 29.3% of them here.
Left, the field of the undergraduate title they took here; right, the institution where they started a master's or a doctorate in Chile. Ribbon width is people. Only the ten largest destinations are named; the rest, and any receiving fewer than three people, are added into «other institutions».
| Postgraduate institution | People | % |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de Santiago de Chile (itself) | 1,001 | 29.3% |
| Universidad de Chile | 576 | 16.9% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 445 | 13.0% |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 250 | 7.3% |
| Universidad Adolfo Ibañez | 222 | 6.5% |
| Universidad Alberto Hurtado | 101 | 3.0% |
| Universidad Central de Chile | 89 | 2.6% |
| Universidad del Desarrollo | 82 | 2.4% |
| Universidad Mayor | 81 | 2.4% |
| Universidad Diego Portales | 80 | 2.3% |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso | 59 | 1.7% |
| Universidad de los Andes | 52 | 1.5% |
Research
ANID · 2006–2025The projects ANID (CONICYT until 2019) awarded with Universidad de Santiago de Chile as principal institution — the one that answers for the project. Each figure is a count of awarded projects: not publications, not money, not people, and a project with partners counts once, here. The year is the year it was decided.
Projects awarded each year
By OECD area · 2015–2024
By ANID programme · 2015–2024
What it is specialised in: Fondecyt's study groups
Its Fondecyt projects of 2015–2024, by the panel each was evaluated in. Specialisation is Balassa's revealed advantage: the group's share here over its share in Chile; above 1, it weighs more here than in the country.
| Study group | Its projects declare mostly | Projects | % | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical and experimental physics | fisica teorica y experimental, fisica de solidos and sistemas no lineales | 45 | 8.1 | 2.62 |
| History | historia de chile, historia hispanoamericana and historia | 40 | 7.2 | 2.61 |
| Chemistry | quimica, fisico quimica quimica teorica y computacional fotoquimica-fotofisica catalisis y coloides and quimica organica | 105 | 18.8 | 2.40 |
| Engineering 3 | ingenieria quimica, procesamiento y tecnologia de alimentos and bioingenieria | 46 | 8.2 | 2.02 |
| Engineering 1 | ingenieria de materiales, ingenieria mecanica and ingenieria hidraulica | 45 | 8.1 | 1.85 |
| Mathematics | analisis, ecuaciones diferenciales and metodos numericos | 44 | 7.9 | 1.43 |
| Biology 3 | biologia molecular, microbiologia and bioquimica | 32 | 5.7 | 1.37 |
| Economics and management | cs. economicas y administrativas, finanzas and teoria economica | 13 | 2.3 | 0.97 |
| Interdisciplinary research | cambio climatico y desarrollo sostenible, biotecnologia y bioingenieria and otros | 10 | 1.8 | 0.92 |
| Philosophy | filosofia, historia de la filosofia and filosofia analitica | 12 | 2.1 | 0.80 |
| Biology 2 | biologia celular, fisiologia biofisica and inmunologia | 14 | 2.5 | 0.79 |
| Engineering 2 | ingenieria en computacion, ingenieria industrial y de sistemas and ingenieria de instrumentacion y control | 26 | 4.7 | 0.76 |
| Education | pedagogia y educacion, formacion inicial and didactica especifica | 23 | 4.1 | 0.76 |
| Sociology | sociologia, otras sociologias and cambio social y desarrollo | 16 | 2.9 | 0.74 |
| Arts and architecture | musica, otras especialidades de la arquitectura and cine y fotografia | 9 | 1.6 | 0.71 |
| Earth sciences | oceanografia, geologia y mineralogia and meteorologia y climatologia | 11 | 2.0 | 0.64 |
| Linguistics and literature | linguistica literatura y filologia, linguistica and literatura chilena | 12 | 2.1 | 0.61 |
| Astronomy, cosmology and particles | astronomia cosmologia y particulas, astronomia and gravitacion y cosmologia | 16 | 2.9 | 0.58 |
| Law and political science | cienicas juridicas y politicas, ciencia politica (inc. legislacion ) and derecho publico | 12 | 2.1 | 0.43 |
| Medicine G1 (biomedical sciences) | medicina g1 - cs. biomedicas, cardiologia fisiologia cardiovascular and oncologia quimioterapia cirugia oncologia | 7 | 1.3 | 0.36 |
| Animal health and production | salud y produccion animal, acuicultura and ciencias veterinarias | 5 | 0.9 | 0.35 |
| Psychology | psicologia, otras psicologias and psicobiologia | 5 | 0.9 | 0.35 |
| Agronomy | ciencias del suelo, fisiologia vegetal and fruticultura y viticultura | 5 | 0.9 | 0.22 |
| Anthropology and archaeology | antropologia y arqueologia, antropologia cultural y social and arqueologia | 2 | 0.4 | 0.20 |
| Biology 1 | ecologia y ciencias ambientales, genetica y evolucion and biologia marina | 4 | 0.7 | 0.17 |
Where that falls in Chile's knowledge network
One dot per study group, sized by Chile's projects, coloured by OECD area. Two groups are joined when the institutions specialised in one tend to be specialised in the other too — the proximity of Hidalgo, Klinger, Barabási and Hausmann (2007), computed over the 39 institutions with 40 or more projects. Filled: the 7 groups Universidad de Santiago de Chile is specialised in. The axes mean nothing; what the picture says is near and far.
Institutions that research something similar
Affinity compares two institutions' mix of Fondecyt study groups: 100 is the same mix, 0 nothing in common. «In common» are the groups both are specialised in. It is similarity of agenda, not collaboration: ANID publishes only the principal institution of each project, and no network of who works with whom can be read from it.
| Institution | Affinity | Specialised, both, in |
|---|---|---|
| Universidad de Concepcion | 86 | Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Engineering 3 · Chemistry |
| Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana | 83 | Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 3 · Mathematics · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Chile | 80 | Biology 3 · Theoretical and experimental physics · Engineering 1 · Mathematics · Chemistry |
| Universidad Andres Bello | 76 | Biology 3 · History · Chemistry |
| Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins | 73 | History · Chemistry |
| Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | 72 | Engineering 1 · Mathematics |
| Universidad Autonoma de Chile | 72 | Biology 3 · History · Chemistry |
| Universidad de Talca | 68 | Engineering 3 · Mathematics · Chemistry |
Each dot an institution, near the ones whose mix is similar and joined to its two closest; red is Universidad de Santiago de Chile, blue its 8 closest.
The newest competitions · 2025–2026
From the 2025 competitions ANID classifies every project by OECD discipline (the second level of the Frascati Manual), and Fondecyt evaluates in new groups. These 151 projects are read apart, by discipline, and are not part of the specialisation above.
ANID's historical register of awarded projects (CC0), cut at 31 December 2025. Institutions are matched to the SIES by name, with an explicit table for ANID's other spellings; foundations, centres and faculties with a legal personality of their own count as their own institution. Research across Chile →
The names it registers its programmes under
97 names · 2026The wording each student enrolled under, as the institution filed it. Only names with at least three entrants are printed.
82 more names, together 3,371 entrants.
Similar institutions
Other universities with a first-year intake of similar size in 2026.
Mineduc's higher-education registers (SIES): enrolment 2007–2026 and titles 2007–2025; Mineduc's register of secondary-school leavers; and DEMRE's admission register, republished by Mineduc. They are joined person by person through the masked student id Mineduc publishes in all of them for that purpose. First-year entrants are one row per person who started that year; someone who started at two institutions counts at one. Every figure is a count of records; shares and means are taken after adding. The name is the register's own and is written as it writes it. Every university.